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Forward to Beijing! A Guide to the Summer Olympics: With a Short History of the Games and Lists of Gold Medal Winners in All Olympic Sports from the Year 1988: 1
 
 

Forward to Beijing! A Guide to the Summer Olympics: With a Short History of the Games and Lists of Gold Medal Winners in All Olympic Sports from the Year 1988: 1 (Paperback)

by Verner Bickley (Author), Gillian Bickley (Editor) "There are many legends about the origins of the Olympic Games, but most historians agree that they were a celebration of Zeus, the King of..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 260 pages
  • Publisher: Proverse Hong Kong; 1 edition (29 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 9889966832
  • ISBN-13: 978-9889966836
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.7 x 1.8 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,459,553 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The value of this work will certainly continue beyond 2008 Summer Olympics, as a tool to understand future Olympiads. --The Hon. Dr Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales, GBM, Hon. Life President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, 'Preface' to 'Forward to Beijing! A Guide to the Summer Olympics'.

Gives us, in an interesting way, basic tools for understanding the history, progress and conduct of this world-class event. --Chris Wardlaw, 'A Big Idea', 'Forward to Beijing! A Guide to the Summer Olympics'.

Comprehensive, scholarly. The idea is noble: encourage visitors to embrace this Olympiad's symbolic gesture -- international goodwill, cooperation and peace. --'Hong Kong Magazine', No. 724, Friday, 28 March 2008.

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The Summer Olympic Games in Beijing will hold the attention of a worldwide audience for the duration of the Games. Immediately before and after each future Olympic Games, new crescendos of interest will be reached, in each future host city. This book is an intelligent, humorous and interesting reference to this world event. 'Forward to Beijing: A Guide to the Summer Olympics': Explains for each Olympic Sport: the rules; the special terms & vocabulary. Lists: impressive Olympiad achievements of the past. Contains: fascinating insights into the history of the Games. Showcases: the Beijing Olympics and events to take place in Hong Kong during the summer of 2008. Provides: useful phrases, quizzes & conversational openers for residents and visitors. In August 2008, the twenty-ninth Summer Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, The People's Republic of China. This will be only the third time ever that this test and celebration of human endeavour has taken place in Asia. In preparation for this exciting event, 'Forward to Beijing! A Guide to the Summer Olympics' gives a brief history of the Games from their ancient origins in Greece to their revival in 1896. It surveys some of the triumphs enjoyed and difficulties encountered by the Olympic Movement over time and gives some of the highlights of Olympiads held from 1896 to 1984, including details of those athletes who won more than one gold medal each in any single one of these early modern Olympiads. The Games first took place in Asia in 1964, in Tokyo, Japan, returning in 1988, twenty-four years later, this time to Seoul, Korea. Taking 1988 as a starting point, therefore, 'Forward to Beijing!' gives a detailed account of several important aspects of the Olympic Games. Each of the twenty-eight Olympic sports from 'Aquatics' to 'Wrestling' is described with definitions of some of the special terms used and explanations of the rules that govern these sports, together with their associated disciplines. Here also, for every single Olympic sport, are the names of gold medal winners at these Games, and information about the country they represented. Some Key Words for the discussion of each Olympic Sport are provided. Quizzes serve as a summary of the main points and as conversational openers. 'Forward to Beijing!' records many of the actions that the City of Beijing and the PRC has undertaken to ensure the success of the 2008 Games. IT CONTAINS: A Message from Timothy Fok, SBS, GBS, President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China A Preface by The Hon. Dr Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales, GBM, JP, Honorary Life President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China A personal essay, 'A Big Idea' by Chris Wardlaw, Head Coach, Australian Track and Field Team, 2000 Olympic Games

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